Britney Spears is back. At midnight, the pop superstar dropped her first recent piece of music following the top of her conservatorship, and he or she couldn’t have chosen a greater technique to make her return. She appears on Elton John’s recent track “Hold Me Closer,” which remixes his 1971 hit “Tiny Dancer” and 1991 song “The One.” Quite the legendary pairing.
The dance track incorporates Spears and John singing verse from “The One” before launching into the famous chorus of “Tiny Dancer” together. The song oozes club and party vibes, making it an ideal addition to those end-of-summer party playlists.
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Spears teased “Hold Me Closer” on her Instagram earlier this week before deleting her account shortly after. In her caption, she thanked John for including her on the only.
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“Thanks to your generosity and just considering of me to affix you on such a superb song !!!” she wrote, per Billboard. “How cool is it to be a background voice ON YOUR song !!! Sir Elton I did it due to your genius, creative, and legendary mind !!! I’m so grateful !!! I just carry on giving don’t I ??? Can I get an AWWWWE ???”
Spears only needed three hours to record her verses with producer Andrew Watt at his home in Beverly Hills, TMZ previously reported. John, who was out of town, offered guidance over Zoom.
The “Rocketman” singer was equally excited for the discharge and even performed it for a crowd on the restaurant La Guérite in Cannes. The audience ate it up, in line with a video John posted on Instagram.
While Spears’ last project was the studio album Glory in 2016, this marks her first release since a judge ruled to finish her 13-year-long legal conservatorship last November. “Okie dokie … my first song in 6 years !!!!” she tweeted this week. “It’s pretty rattling cool that I’m singing with some of the classic men of our time …@eltonofficial !!!! I’m kinda overwhelmed… it’s a giant deal to me !!!”
John, then again, has been collaborating with young pop stars these days, including Dua Lipa (“Cold Heart”) and Rina Sawayama (“Chosen Family”).
Read through the lyrics to “Hold Me Closer” below.
I saw you dancin’ out the ocean
Running fast along the sand
A spirit born of earth and water
Fire flying out of your hands
Hold me closer, tiny dancer
Count the headlights on the highway
Lay me down in sheets of linen
You had a busy day today
Hold me closer
Hold me closer
Hold me closer
Hold me closer
There are caravans we follow
Drunken nights in dark hotels
When probabilities breathe between the silence
When sex and love not gel
Hold me closer, tiny dancer
Count the headlights on the highway
Lay me down in sheets of linen
You had a busy day today
Hold me closer
Hold me closer
Hold me closer
Hold me closer
Erica Gonzales is the Senior Culture Editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage on TV, movies, music, books, and more. She was previously an editor at HarpersBAZAAR.com. There may be a 75 percent likelihood she’s listening to Lorde at once.Â
